Spaniolă | Engleză |
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coger el toro por los cuernos verb | take the bull by the horns(to deal directly with a matter; to confront a difficulty) |
coger por los huevos verb | have someone by the balls(to exercise total control over someone) |
colgar los guayos verb | kick the bucket(to die) |
colosal adjective | colossal(extremely large) jumbo(especially large or powerful) |
Colosenses proper noun {m-Pl} | Colossians(book of the Bible) |
coloso noun {m} | colossus [colossuses](a statue of gigantic size) jumbo(especially large or powerful person, animal or thing) |
coloso de Rodas proper noun {m} | Colossus of Rhodes(the statue of Helios) |
comer a dos carrillos verb | stuff one's face(to eat excessively) |
cómete a los ricos phrase {m} | eat the rich(expression of contempt towards the rich, capitalism and widespread poverty) |
como los chorros del oro adjective | squeaky clean(very clean) |
con los brazos en jarras adverb | akimbo(with arms akimbo) |
con los pies en la tierra adjective | down-to-earth(practical; realistic) |
con los pies por delante adverb | feet firstadverb |
condado de Los Ángeles proper noun {m} | Los Angeles County(county) |
cóndor de los Andes noun {m} | Andean condor(Vultur gryphus) |
conducción bajo los efectos del alcohol noun {f} | drunk drivingnoun |
conejo de los volcanes noun {m} | volcano rabbit(Romerolagus diazi) |
Conmemoración de los Fieles Difuntos proper noun {f} | All Souls' Day(Christian feast day) |
contradicción en los términos noun {m} | contradiction in terms(expression in which components contradict one another) |
cordillera de Los Andes proper noun {f} | Andes Mountains(mountain range) |
cortarrollos noun {m} {f} | cockblock(one who cockblocks) |
cortarrollos adjective {m} {f} | spoilsport(someone who puts an end to harmless fun) |
cosquilloso adjective | ticklish(sensitive or susceptible to tickling) |
Credo de los Apóstoles proper noun | Apostles' Creed(statement of Christian belief) |
cruzar los dedos verb | cross one's fingers(put the middle finger across the index finger) |
cruzársele los cables verb | get one's wires crossed(to misunderstand one another) |
cuando el gato no está los ratones están de fiesta phrase | when the cat's away the mice will play(in the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances) |
cuerpo calloso noun {m} | corpus callosum [corpus callosa](Band of nerves connecting hemispheres) |
cuidar de los niños verb | babysit [babysat, babysitting, babysits](to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money) |
curruca de los brunos noun {f} | Sardinian warbler(Sylvia melanocephala) |
dactiloscopia noun {f} | dactyloscopy(forensic analysis of fingerprints) |
dar margaritas a los cerdos verb | |
Dardanelos proper noun {m} {Pl} | Dardanelles(strait) |
darse con un canto en los dientes verb | thank one's lucky stars(to be grateful) |
de aquellos polvos phrase | the chickens come home to roost(a person's past wrongdoings will always return to negatively affect them (idiom)) |
de caballos adjective {m} | horse-drawn(pulled along by horse) |
de los pies a la cabeza adverb | through and through(entirely) |
de noche todos los gatos son pardos phrase | all cats are grey in the dark(proverb) |